(in ancient Greece) any of the leagues of states, especially the league at Delphi, united for mutual protection and the worship of a common deity. Historical Examples Thus there was an amphictyony of seven cities at the holy island of Caluria, close to the harbor of Troezen. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 […]

a son of Aleus who, with his brother Cepheus, joined the Argonauts. (in the Iliad) a king of Cythera. Historical Examples Heracles burst the bonds which bound him, and, seizing his club, slew Busiris with his son Amphidamas and his herald Chalbes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 Various And it is said […]

a plant having the sum of the chromosome numbers of two parental species, owing to the doubling of the chromosomes in a hybrid of two species. noun a plant originating from hybridization between two species in which the chromosome number is the sum of the chromosome numbers of both parental species. It behaves as an […]

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